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The prohibitionists had rousing
mass meeting in Chicago, General
Clinton b. Fisk, Of New Jersey, is
prominently mentioned as their can.
didate for President.
An Arkansas farmer attacked man
who had run off with his wife in the
Choctaw Nation. Both men used
Winchester rifles sni both are expect
eG to die.
New York Graphic A Philadelphia
is breaking the PEDESTRIAN record.
When it comes to high jumping, long
stepping and scrapple, she Gu aker
City walks off with the honors.
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Much is written in the way OF COM
ment upon the election OF Sadi Car.
not to the Presidency of France. The
truth may be summed up in o SEN
tenoe 1t was the tribute OF France to
the supreme value of character
Our brilliant fellow countryman
Mr.. Blaine, was in the gallery at Yer,
sailles when France announced this
verdict. We have no doubt it made a
deep impression upon his mind as q
student of political philosophy.-N. Y
Herald.
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The first session of the Fiftieth Con-
gress opened at noon Monday. In the
Senate, all the newly-elected Senators
were sworn in except Mr.. Faulkner, of
West Virginia In his case Mr., Hear
objected for the time being to admin
istering the oath, but gave assurance
that the committee on elections would
give prompt attention to the West
Virginia case, in order that the gem
tleman entitled to the seat might enter
on the discharge of his duties as Sem
ator. In the House, the democratic
caucus nominees for the various Offices
were elected, and Speaker Carlisle
delivered an appropriate address.
Committees were appointed from both
houses to wait on the President and
notify him ofthe organization of Con-
gress.
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The mother more often than the ia
Their is the one who looks most care
fully after the little ills of the family,
The frightful cut made by the new
jack knife or the ominous cough
which threatens pneumonia all the
other ailments little and great, come
to her for relief and sympathy. She
must be often sorely tried to know
what to do, and at such times she
turns with confidence, born of long
acquaintance with his remedies, to
DR.. Hart, and from the shelf takes
down his Relief, Discovery, Pills OF
Winslow's Vermifuge, as the case re.
quires, administers the proper dose
and feels that all has been done that
can be.
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MILLIGAN, TENN, Dec, 8 1SS7.-We
firmly deny having raised any dis.
turbance in Jobe's Opera House at the
play on Nov. q and therefore the
shoe was SO small that we could not
possibly get into it.
We announced ourselves publicly
not because we care for the opinion Of
the pubic in general but to clear our
character in the eyes OF our teachers
and fellow students, who knew we
were present at the play allowed men.
toned. W.T.. GILLESPIE.
W. H. HAuN.
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officers Elected.

The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year at johnson City
Lodge No, 1856, F. & A. NJ, last Tues.
day night,
DR.. E. S. Miller, Jr., w. Master W.
j. Bush, S. Warden 0. Burleson, j
Warden J. c. Hardin, Tres. Ike T.
lobe, Sectary; G. w, Hughes, sr
Deacon 20. E, Lyle, Jr. Deacon; viii
Peoples, Tyler; Rev. A, P. Hart
Chaplain.
Stewards j. w. Boring, C. X. Lide
John Mongle, c. NJ. Taylor, J, B
Buck
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

From Washington correspondent
we learn that, for the first time in its
history the Post Office Department is
self-sustaining. 1t was a common
thing in the past for Congress to be
called on to appropriate from $S,OOO,-
600 to $15,000,0OO for deficiencies until
last year. when it was reduced $4,000
600. Now it is nothing, and in antic-
ipation of its revenues exceeding its
expenditures United States Treas.
urer Hyatt, in his report prepared fol
Congress, recommends that the sur
plus Postal revenues be turned into
the Treasury like any other public
money.
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The newly elected officers of 4. X,
M. Patton Post No. 26 to serve for the
year 1888 are as follows:
S. I, Harris, p. c.. J. K. Miller, s.
v. j. M. Erwin, ]. "; J. W,WiIcox
0. D.; w. Hodges, 0. g.; s. P
McAdams, Chap; Oliver Burlison,
0. M. &C. Wheeler, Surg;
R. X. Collins Rep, to Dept. Encamp.
ment; J. j. Weller, Alternate; Post
meets LIST and 3rd Friday nights.
]. ]. WELLER, P. G.
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The President has sent the following

The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Lucius Q, G. Lamar, Mississippi to
be Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
VIM. F. Villas, of Wisconsin, to be
Secretary of the Interior
Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan, to
be Postmaster General.
Chas. S. Fairchild, of New York, to
be Secretary OF the Treasury.
Geo. L. Rives, Of New York to be
Assistant Secretary of State.
Isaac H. Maynard, of New York, to
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
sigourney Butler, of Massachusetts,
to be Second Comptroller Of the Treas.
ury.
James w. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to
be Treasurer of the United States.
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A Boomerang,

In attempting to boom the town last
week, Mr.. Gump broke his record as
a boomer. A Mr., Tinsley had decided
to locate here and was about to close
trade for stock OF groceries, but was
kept from doing so by his wife, who
had been told by Mr.. Gump that there
were 200 cases of typhoid fever in the
city. Being a woman, and thinking
only OF her husbands welfare ~, she
fastened to where the trade was being
consummated and stopped it. Some
of the citizens went to Mr.. T. and
told him that the report was false, and
also told him that while Mr.. Gump's
veracity was unquestioned on some
subjects, the falseness OF his booming
stories was equally unquestioned. Mr..
T. finally bought out Mr.. Sutton, but
his wife took cold, and imagining she
had the fever, persuaded her husband
to sell out and leave for their Rich.
mond home. This is another proof
that in married life man proposes and
woman disposes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

In his message to the Fiftieth Con.
gress the President recognizes the old
maxim, "Brevity is the soul of wit
He deals with the tariff question ex.
clusively. The message will be pub
lished in full in the COMET next week
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

If brother ALI wants to he will rep
resent the LIST Tennessee District in
Congress after the present incum.
bents term expires and it is pretty
generally understood that he wants to
-NeaCport Citizen.
Provided Pettibone and Brownlow
are willing.
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Who Will tryit2

Ii some good reliable house will EN-.
ploy on trial for one month some good
young colored man as clerk, and il
his trade is not increased so per cent
a purse will be given the firm to pay
the clerk.-KnO1ville Negro World.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

The United States Supreme Court
rendered a decision Monday in favor
OF the State OF Virginia in the habeas
corpus cases and ordered the release
Of Attorney General Ayers and the
other petitioners.
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Real Estate Exchanges

Jno. F. Gillian and Frank A.. STRAIT
ton, to Mrs. Elmondorf, lots Nos.
100, ISL, 1852, 1873, 154, 1856.
Consideration 100000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

Hon. John G. Carlisle has been
elected speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives for the third time. This is
an honor that but few speakers have
had. Henry Clay, Schuyler Colfax
and James G. Blaine and three others
have had this remarkable evidence oil
the appreciation OF their service in the
speakers chair.-SentSnel.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08
Tool Too! Too, Nice

You just ought to see those nice toys at
Staples 4 Strains and they are 40
cheapI am goin to buy one apiece for
Johnnie, Will, Mary and Lou.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

The L. & n. railroad company at
tempted to elect John j. Littleton to
the Mayoralty Of Nashville by issuing
passes to McCarver's friends to get
them out OF the city.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

Johnson City, Tenn. Dee. 8 1887.

Mr.. Greyy has resigned the Presiden.
cy of France. He could not do other,
wise as the desire was general that he
step down and out.
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A. ss1 HOLIDAYS Approach

We desire to see all our old customers
and host OF new ones. We aim tC
make it interesting for all. Low prices
shall be the rule, so that you can save
something with which to buy presents
for your friends.
A host of our friends, too numerous
to mention were in during the past
week. We are always glad to see you
Come again.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

Pink McCaryer, democrat, was elect
ed Mayor of Nashville Wednesday,
over John j, Littleton, republican, by
a majority OF 367.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

1t is thought that Allison and Neon
mel will be candidates before the Gu
bernatoral Convention next year. OF
course they will be "shut out" or to use
more appropriate term Taylored.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.


Ten thousand bushels shelled white
corn, at highest market priceCASH,
J. A. Mathes & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

"Say, Jonas, can you spell cat wild
only one letter." "Shah, no. You
know dat can't be done; hush yer
foolishness." "Well, | can. Look heah
at dis paper put down in ink-C-80-
Cat. Don't yer see?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

A PHYSICIAN hired a genuine
Hibernian as hostler, and one day
he ordered Teddy to give his horse a
half bushel OF corn in the ear, and
hurry back. Teddy went out and
after long time returned, when the
Doctor broke out with, "Where have
you been so long, Teddy?"
When Teddy replies ooh, dear me,
Docther, Pm sure I've been hurrying
all | could, but never could git that
corn in your horses ar,fur livery tonne
| would pour handful in his ear afore
] could get in the second handful he'd
shake it out niver saw SIGH haste
afore.
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THIS COLUMN BELONGS
Christian, HOSS &HOdSe.
WATCH 1T, IT WILL PAY YOU.
CEIIE CE-AT.


We are grateful to our customers for
the liberal patronage they have given
us during the past year, and we hope
we have merited their patronage and
esteem. We have tried to do the very
best we could for those who have
given MS their trade. We have gone
to the market and selected our goods
with the greatest care, as regards
quality and price, and have tried to
give you the most we could for your
money. Many times We have bought
goods below the actual cost Of produc-
ton, and instead of lacking upon them
the profits that we might have gotten
for them, we have put them down to
a reasonable profit, and have let our
customers reap the benefit OF the low
price at which We had bought them,
feeling assured that doing we'll for our
customers was doing well for our
selves. We do not simply desire to
sell you goods to-day but we want you
for a regular customer, whether you
have been customer before or not.
Therefore it is plain to be seen that
we will try at all times to accommo-
date you, and to sell you goods as low
as any living man can do and live by
his trade. We only want reasonable
profit and we believe you are willing
to accord us a living chance. There
fore we take great pleasure in inviting
you to come and examine our stock
and prices We will gladly have you
to make commencement with us, if
you have not been a customer before,
and to retain you as a customer If
already one; and this we are deter
mined to do if low prices and fair and
honest dealing will accomplish that
result. Come and see us.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

mRASps gITe warded are those who read this
KILN and then act; they will find honora.
AkkNhkM bic employment that will not take
them from their homes and families.
The profits are large and sure for every indus.
trious person, many have made and are now
making several hu ndred dollars month. 1t is
easy for any one to make IS and upwards per
day, who is willing to work Either sex, young
or old; capital not needed we start you Every.
thing new. NO special ability required; you
reader, can do 1t as well as any one Write to
US a once for full particulars which we mail
free Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine.
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kNED5C sugarcoatsd
~ u In - Cathartie
comes M the 'orp 1,S' # the he, PILLS.

HV"V'H "V VVIIalIPHTVU, OF II the Stomach
falls to perform its functions properly, use
Ayers Pills. They are invaluable.
For some years was a victim to Live
Complaint, In consequence of which
suffered from General Debility and Indl-
gestlon. A few boxes of Ayers Pills
restored me to perfect health. - w. T.
Brightney, Henderson, w. Va.
For years | have relied more upon
Ayers Pills than anything else, to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

Johnson City, Tenn.
VIII practice In the Law and ChancOsy Court,
Of the counties OF Washington, Sullivan Carriers
johnson and Unicei. Collections made any.
where in East Tennessee.
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Regulate


my bowels. These Pills are mild in action,
ana do their work thoroughly. have used
them with good effect, in cases of Rheu.
matism, Kidney Trouble, and Dyspepsia.
&c. f. Miller, Attleborough, Mass.
Ayers Pills cured me OF Stomach and
Liver troubles, from which had suffered
for years. | consider them the best pills
made, and would not be without them. -
Norris Gates, townsville, n Y.
was attacked with Bilious Fever,
which was followed BY Jaundiee, and was
SO dangerously i'll that my friends de-
SPARED of my recovery. / commenced
taking Ayers Pills, and soon regained my
customary strength and vigor. John G..
Pattison, Lowell, Nebraska.
Last spring l suffered greatly from
troublesome humOr on my side. In spite
OF every effort to cure this eruption. II In.
creased until the flesh became entirely
raw. | was troubled. at the same time
with Indigestion, and distressing pains in
The Bowels.
BY the advice of friend began taking
Ayers Pills. In short time | was free
from pain, my food digcstcd properly, the
sores ON my body commenced healing,
and, IN less than one month, was cured
Samuel d. White, Atlanta, Ga.
have long used Ayers Pills, In nv
family, and believe them to be the best
pills made. IS. c. Darden, Darden, Miss.
My wife and little girl Were taken with
Dysentery few days ago, and ut once
began giving them small doses of Ayel's
Pills, thinking | would call a doctor il the
disease became any worse. In Il short
time the bloody discharges stopped, all
pain went away, aud health was restored.
Theodore Esling, Richmond, Va.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by Dr., j. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Dealers In Medicine.
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Ayers Pills.
Id WYERS.
DOBERT BURROW,

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
CHANCERY,
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l@.l9S
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The next Ecumenical Conference
of the Methodist churches is to meet
in America in 1891.
Twenty-Five years ago there was
only one Catholic Church in Cincinnati,
O., now there are twenty, with forty
eight thousand members. Cincinnati
Times.
Two hundred ministers of Glas-
gov, Scotland, of different denomina-
tons, have united in an effort to reach
the non-church-going classes.
The average salary of school teach
ers in St. Louis is $633.7O. Only twenty
six receive $4,000 OF 1,101 teachers
1,0O4 receive less than 5000 per year.
81. Louis Post.
The earliest chair of law at any
American seat of learning was estab-
lished at the college Of William and
Mary in 1879, thirty-six years before
that of Harvard.-M. Y. Tribune.
st. Philips Church, Charleston, S.
c., will be repaired on the old lines.
The repairs needed will cost about
$50, 900, which will be raised by the
Episcopal churches throughout the
country.
Over thousand converts have
been made during the past few months
by Rev. Henry Richards and his wife,
missionaries connected with the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union, at Banza
Marteke, in the Congo valley.
A teacher of the British Syrian
schools recently said at missionary
meeting at Sunderland, Eng, that there
| is castle in the Lebanon whose court
yard in 1860 was knee-deep in Christian
blood, while now twenty princesses
from it are in their schools. Golden
Rule.
DIR. Edward Judson, this city, APP.
peals to the Baptists to celebrate the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of his
father, Rev. Adoniram Judson, August
9, 1883, by building a church for the
working-people in the lower part of the
city. Dr. Judson was the first Ameri-
can foreign missionary and the one
who introduced Christianity into Bur.
mah.-N Y. Witness.
The annual report of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
contains some interesting statistics
The school population of the State was
1,4SO, 761 in 1870, 1,641, 173 in 1880, and
1855 73 in 1886. The average daily
attendance last year was 625,Sl3
against 573, 0S9 in 1880 and 4S4,705 il
1870. The whole number of teachers
employed is 31,325.-M Y. Examiner
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-17
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, MARCH H. 1887

has changed, so, too, have many Of its
customs; but | dare say were the little
Marcuses and Octavias of Rome alive
to-day, they would understand very
well the meaning of your valentines,
and would be glad to be recipient and
donor, too"
"Why, it is nine o'clock exclaimed
Dura, as the cuckoo clock on the parlor
table struck the hour. 81 didn't suppose
it was so late, and I'm not bit tired.
1t has been just as good as a play to hear
mother talk"
Well, my children" observed Mrs.
Wilcox, sit is now your bedtime. Some
other evening we may talk further of
the old customs. As you grow older,
you will realize more fully how much
we are indebted to the past. Now kiss
me and run away, for it is late, and to-
morrow, as Ophelia says in Shakes
peare's Hamlet which | hope to read
to you as you get older:
"Is st. Valentines Day
All in the morning betime.'"
II. Maria George, in Waterman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-17
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


The last ineligible words utteredl
BY General Logan were: "lf this is the
end, am ready"
Hannibal Hamlin had a brother
named Julius Caesar Cincinnatus, and
his four sistert bore the names of
Europe, Asia, Australia and America.
Boston Journal
Minister McLane and Ex-Governor
English, of Connecticut, met recently
in Paris for the first time in forty years.
Early in life they were quite intimate.
Hartford Post.
The most noted entertainer in Bos-
ton is Mrs. Clara Erskine Clement
Waters, the art writer Her salon is
modelled after that of the famous Nine.
Recamier, and at her receptions it is
said that one is sure to meet all the So
cial lions of the day.-Bostop Herald.
General Sherman spends many of
his evenings at the opera and theater.
He is very popular in New York, and
has so many invitations to dinner that
he is obliged to keep memorandum
of them and consult in daily order that
none may be forgotten.-N T. Tribune.
Major William Dickey, the Oldest
legislatora at Augusta, was brought up in
the Franklin County wilderness. He
used to walk fifteen miles to 60 to
school in Pennington, and helped his
widowed mother make both ends meet
by ringing the bell, sweeping out the
schoolhouse, and doing other chores
Leaoiston me, Journal
-"Coal-Oil Johnny" who was made
immensely rich by the discovery of
petroleum, and who scattered his
wealth with such lavish hand, has
descended step by step until he now
has no place to lay his head save in a
dreary cell in the Mount Holly On. J)
Jail. The quondam possessor of mil
lions is now a common tramp.-M Y.
Herald.
Mr.. Lamar's late courtship was the
most thoroughly carried out affair of
the kind ever dreamed of in the phi
losophy of the Romeos of Macon. 1t
may do to tell now that the Secretary's
morning visit began just after all early
breakfast and ended generally about
dark, with brief intermission for dim
ner, and that the evening call lasted
well into the night.-Macon (GG.) Tele-
graph.
Miss Booth, the editor of Harper'S
Bozar, expresses often her Partially
for household pets, and not only in her
writings, but in practice, carries out
her belief in their usefulness. Her
fine Maltese cat, snowy combination
of mouse-color and white, appears in
the parlors at her receptions with a
frill of white embroidery around his
neck, and seems unawed at the dis
tinguished guests.
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SIKH SOLDIERS.
Finely-Buiit Men Who Add Consider able
Strength to the Bengal Army.

Fineiy-Buiit Men Who Add Consider b!s
Strength to the Bengal Army.
When we conquered the Puniab the
Sikhs, who had composed Runjeet
Singh's army, enlisted freely in our
newly-raised regiments, and now there
is scarcely a regiment in the Bengal
army in which there are not one or more
companies of these men. They are
gifted with all the qualities which 90 to
make good soldier. Physically they
are very fine fellows, averaging in our
regiments fully five feet eight inches,
with chest of thirty-six inches. They
are brave and wonderfully enduring;
very abstemious in their diet, seldom
touching meat, and living principally
on unleavened bread with little clari-
fed butter, and occasionally little
coarse sugar or molasses. They are
splendid walkers, and when going to
their homes on leave will often average
thirty or forty miles day for week
together in the hottest weather. They
are very handy, as may be supposed, in
the use of the spade, and can throw up
entertainments rapidly and well, and
they are also very expert in the loading
of baggage animals. have seen many
instances of their bravery. One l may
mention. We had advanced up a hill
to take a position on an exceedingly
hot day in April. One of my officers
succumbed to the heat and fell fainting
Just as we reached the position. His
orderly was carrying bottle of soda
water This he poured over his head,
and it had the effect of reviving him
We remained under fire here for some
time, and then the object of the advance
having been accomplished the force
was withdrawn and we were directed
to retire. We did so, followed BY the
enemy. When we had gone back some
distance the orderly suddenly rcmem-
bered that he had left the empty bottle
behind and calmly proposed that he
should. at the risk of his life, 60 back
for it.-Adcmil5dH'S AdgdSiHe.